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<\/a> St. Elizabeth Ann Seton had two bibles and she made extensive notes in them. Both of them are in Indiana. The first at the Brute Library in Vincennes and the other at the University of Notre Dame.<\/p>\nElizabeth Ann’s spiritual director was our own Simon Brute. It was he who guided her on her journey. Although he was not part of her life when she converted to Catholicism, he was the one who helped her as a struggling superior of a small group of Sisters of Charity in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Brute first met Elizabeth Seton in 1811. It was Father Brute who saw to it that the papers of Elizabeth Ann Seton<\/a> were preserved. You can read about this and other aspects of her life by visiting the Seton Shrine<\/a> web page.<\/p>\n The Sisters who carry on Elizabeth Ann’s work continue to honor Father Brute for his contribution to her quest for holiness.<\/p>\n We hope this day, that Elizabeth Ann Seton and the women who followed her continue to pray for the Cause of Bishop Brute.<\/p>\n Here is the prayer for Bishop Brut\u00e9s canonization:<\/p>\n Heavenly Father, You have blessed your Church If it be your will, “\u201dAmen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this first post of 2013 we remember Elizabeth Ann Seton on this, her feast day. What does Elizabeth Seton she have to do with the history of the Catholic Church in Indiana? She never visited Indiana, but her spirit is here in many ways. One way in which she is present is through her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[35,85,126,114],"class_list":["post-2203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-postings","tag-brute","tag-emmitsburg","tag-maryland","tag-seton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianacatholic.mwweb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianacatholic.mwweb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianacatholic.mwweb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianacatholic.mwweb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianacatholic.mwweb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2203"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/indianacatholic.mwweb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6288,"href":"https:\/\/indianacatholic.mwweb.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions\/6288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianacatholic.mwweb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianacatholic.mwweb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianacatholic.mwweb.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a> Some say that her holiness came as a result of the holiness of Father Brute. They have been described as “kindred souls”.<\/p>\n
\nsource of all that is holy,
\nin every age, you raise up
\nmen and women who live lives
\nof heroic love and service.<\/p>\n
\nthrough the life of Simon Brute,
\nfirst bishop of Vincennes
\nand spiritual director
\nto St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.
\nThrough his prayer, his intellect,
\nhis love, and his pastoral care,
\nSimon Brute formed future priests
\nand guided your Church
\nin the early days of our country.<\/p>\n
\nmay he be proclaimed a saint.
\nWe ask this through Jesus Christ,
\nour Lord.<\/p>\n